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12th national election: Govt declares general holiday on Jan 7

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UNB :
The government has declared January 7 as a general holiday on the occasion of the 12th Parliamentary Election.

The Ministry of Public Administration issued a notification signed by Deputy Secretary of the Ministry Sonia Hasan on Thursday.

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According to the notification, the decision was made to facilitate the exercise of voting rights for people working in all government, semi-government, autonomous and private organisations and teachers of government and private educational institutions.

Earlier on Dec 24, the Election Commission (EC) requested the Public Administration Ministry to declare January 7 as a general holiday.

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